Their warranties used to be clearer. Now from what I understand off their catalogue since the JS line has come out is that their 27lbs e.g. Means square tension instead of the older form you at least still see on the TKs. I play similar tensions to Mark so at least I know how much I'm going over with the previous generation of frames at least and know they can take it. These new generation of frames just feel suspect.
28x30 is actually fine if it says 28lbs max. Anyways, if anything, I believe they should reduce it to 26lbs to stop this trend of stringing way too high just because you can
That's probably the case - it's not that the frames are weaker, exactly; they just want to stop clowns going for mental tensions. If Boe and Mogensen can get 33/36 on a 3U racket that's only warrantied to 26...
3U ARC11's are warrantied to 24 only, if thats what you mean.... Even a 3U VT80 ends at 27.... Can't imagine 36 there..
IMO 28X30 on previous models was a good deal and far away from any damn high tension. A 15 year old boy at my club uses this tension and he isn't a clown. I think if a manufacture make rackets for advanced and pro players, this racket should take this tension. I have strung in the past cheap yonex rackets at freaky tensions, but Victor's lowering suggest the costumer that they lost their confidence of their strong frames.
Or they want to reduce the number of warranty claims; the rackets may be no less strong than they once were, we don't really know yet. If I see an HX800 next month I'll get as close a look and feel of it as I can. We know Son Wan Ho has used one, but we don't know his tension (didn't get any of his rackets last year).
I can't comment anything about Victor Asia, but Victor Europe is very strict but courteous, when it comes to warranty issues. I have never seen a newer high end 3U racket in good condition which broke due a simple mishit or just stringing at 28x30 by an experienced stringer on a 6 point machine. All people who try to claim warranty say they never clashed etc, it broke just by hitting a smash or clear or due a mishit. Only a few percent have really bad luck because they got a manufacturer defect. The others clashed a few times or once but hard, bit the floor, the net etc. or strung freakish high or gave their rackets to unexperienced stringers. I guess that the number of real breakage without any fault within the tension limit is really small.
